Read the excerpt from "early victorian tea set.” but a loving, tranquil cup of tea has a violent hinterland. when all tea came into europe from china, the british east india company traded opium for silver and used that silver to buy tea. the trade was so important that it brought the two countries to war. the first of the conflicts, which we still refer to as the opium wars – they were in fact just as much about tea – broke out more or less as our teapot was leaving the wedgwood factory. partly because of these difficulties with china, in the 1830s the british set up plantations in the area around calcutta and indian tea was exempted from import duty to encourage demand. what is the author’s viewpoint in this excerpt?

What effect does this excerpt have? the line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing [glow] that grew and grew. at last, over the rim of the waiting earth, the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of *moorings; and once more they began to see surfaces—meadows wide-spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly disclosed, all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a difference that was tremendous. their old haunts greeted them again in other *raiment, as if they had slipped away and put on this pure new apparel and come quietly back, smiling as they shyly waited to see if they would be recognized again under it. fastening their boat to a willow, the friends landed in this silent, silver kingdom, and patiently explored . . then a change began slowly to declare itself. the horizon became clearer, field and tree came more into sight, and somehow with a different look; the mystery began to drop away from them. a bird piped suddenly, and was still; and a light breeze sprang up . . rat . . sat up suddenly and listened with a passionate intentness. mole, who with gentle strokes was just keeping the boat moving while he scanned the banks with care, looked at him with curiosity.

What does the authors second and third use of the key term illusion suggest about foreign-policy

In the excerpt from the emancipation proclamation, which phrase or sentence supports the claim that president lincoln did not want the slaves to take up arms against their former masters?